MLT 106 Unit 2: Basic Genetics UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Science concerned with the chemical and physical nature of genes and the mechanism by which
genes control development of an organism - CORRECT ANSWER - Genetics
Foundational level of genetics - CORRECT ANSWER - DNA
This concerns genetic traits in large number of individuals i.e. Mendel's law of inheritance, the
Hardy-Weinberg principle, and the inheritance patterns - CORRECT ANSWER -
Population Genetics
Pertains to cellular organization of genetic materials - CORRECT ANSWER - Cellular
genetics
Based on biochemistry of genes and the structures that support genes - CORRECT
ANSWER - Molecular Genetics
Section of DNA along chromosome that controls a hereditary characteristic - CORRECT
ANSWER - Gene
Specific location of gene on a chromosomeWh - CORRECT ANSWER - Locus
One of two or more different genes that may occupy a specific locus on a chromosome aka an
alternate form of a gene - CORRECT ANSWER - Alleles
Silent gene; gene that does not appear to produce a detectable antigen - CORRECT
ANSWER - Amorph
, Sequence of DNA that is inherited; an individual's actual genetic makeup - CORRECT
ANSWER - Genotype
Produced by genotype; including and enzyme to control a blood group antigen - CORRECT
ANSWER - Phenotype
Trait or characteristic that will be expressed even though it is only carried on one of the
homologous chromosoems - CORRECT ANSWER - Dominant gene
Type of gene that doesn't express itself normally - CORRECT ANSWER - Recessive gene
Pair of genes in which neither is dominant over the other meaning they are both expressed -
CORRECT ANSWER - Co-dominant gene
Traits not carried on the sex chromosome - CORRECT ANSWER - Autosomal
Having a defined nucleus - CORRECT ANSWER - Eukaryotic
Long polymers of DNA and various proteins that comprise chromatin to keep the chromosomes'
shape - CORRECT ANSWER - Histones
Describe Mendel's first law - CORRECT ANSWER - Independent Segregation
Each gene is passed onto the next generation on its own
Describe Mendel's Second Law - CORRECT ANSWER - Law of Independent Assortment
Genes for different traits are inherited separately from each other
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Science concerned with the chemical and physical nature of genes and the mechanism by which
genes control development of an organism - CORRECT ANSWER - Genetics
Foundational level of genetics - CORRECT ANSWER - DNA
This concerns genetic traits in large number of individuals i.e. Mendel's law of inheritance, the
Hardy-Weinberg principle, and the inheritance patterns - CORRECT ANSWER -
Population Genetics
Pertains to cellular organization of genetic materials - CORRECT ANSWER - Cellular
genetics
Based on biochemistry of genes and the structures that support genes - CORRECT
ANSWER - Molecular Genetics
Section of DNA along chromosome that controls a hereditary characteristic - CORRECT
ANSWER - Gene
Specific location of gene on a chromosomeWh - CORRECT ANSWER - Locus
One of two or more different genes that may occupy a specific locus on a chromosome aka an
alternate form of a gene - CORRECT ANSWER - Alleles
Silent gene; gene that does not appear to produce a detectable antigen - CORRECT
ANSWER - Amorph
, Sequence of DNA that is inherited; an individual's actual genetic makeup - CORRECT
ANSWER - Genotype
Produced by genotype; including and enzyme to control a blood group antigen - CORRECT
ANSWER - Phenotype
Trait or characteristic that will be expressed even though it is only carried on one of the
homologous chromosoems - CORRECT ANSWER - Dominant gene
Type of gene that doesn't express itself normally - CORRECT ANSWER - Recessive gene
Pair of genes in which neither is dominant over the other meaning they are both expressed -
CORRECT ANSWER - Co-dominant gene
Traits not carried on the sex chromosome - CORRECT ANSWER - Autosomal
Having a defined nucleus - CORRECT ANSWER - Eukaryotic
Long polymers of DNA and various proteins that comprise chromatin to keep the chromosomes'
shape - CORRECT ANSWER - Histones
Describe Mendel's first law - CORRECT ANSWER - Independent Segregation
Each gene is passed onto the next generation on its own
Describe Mendel's Second Law - CORRECT ANSWER - Law of Independent Assortment
Genes for different traits are inherited separately from each other
